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A photograph taken inside a home doorway during a house visit ritual. In the foreground, a man seen from behind wears a rust-orange garment, a rudraksha mala necklace, and a gold armlet, holding an oil lamp toward an older woman in a gold-bordered sari and red flower garland standing at the door. Behind them, a smiling woman in a garland and several young people in orange and white clothing look on. Turmeric petals are scattered in the air, and light fabric curtains hang by the windows.

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July 08 20142014-07-08 +1 copiesA photograph of a domestic room where a seated man in saffron-red robes and a red marigold garland, with rudraksha beads and gold bangles, raises a tall silver ritual staff while a woman in an orange and gold sari holds a lit flame or lamp. Two young boys in orange robes sit nearby, and a standing man in white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha mala holds a garland. Several women in white saris stand in the background near a wall with framed devotional pictures and a cabinet. This appears to be a person house-visit padapuja or aarti, with the seated figure in saffron-red and red garland as the a person candidate.2014-07-08July 08 20142014-07-08A photograph of a home visit in a red-walled room. A person in an orange-red robe with bare upper arms and gold bangles stands at right, raising a hand in blessing over the head of a woman in a red sari with a white and red flower garland who bows forward with hands together. Other people stand and watch in the background, including a man in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala, a young man in an orange shawl, and a younger boy in orange. A woman in white sits at left. A wooden cabinet and a doorway with glass panels are visible. The blessing suggests a padapuja at a devotee's house, with the blessing figure appearing in ochre saffron robes and a rudraksha mala with a ceremonial gold necklace, consistent with a person.2014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 03 20142014-07-03July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 08 20142014-07-08July 08 20142014-07-08Indoor house-visit scene in a yellow-walled living room with floral curtains and a ceiling fan. An elderly woman in an orange sari with gold border and red-orange blouse smiles and holds the hands of a central figure in a rust-red robe with gold border, long swept-back hair in a braid, a long rudraksha mala, and gold armbands. Behind them a young attendant in white dhoti holds a ceremonial staff and conch-like object, another youth in saffron garments stands nearby, and a man in white shirt is visible. Plastic bags sit at lower left. a person (long braided hair, distinctive rudraksha mala and gold armbands). Four to six visible people.2014-07-07July 03 20142014-07-03June 23 20142014-06-23June 22 20142014-06-22 +1 copies